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Tea shops inSofia.

Sofia's tea shops are few and specialised: a loose-leaf shop on Parchevich Street that runs Saturday tastings, a tea house and vegetarian restaurant on Gladstone Street with a long list for home, and a specialty shop focused on Taiwanese oolong and Japanese green tea. Bulgaria has priced in euros since January 2026, so prices below are in euros, read on each shop's own site; most teas start at 50 g, Tea Topia's at 10 g.

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01Loose-leaf specialist
Tea House Sofia
Center (Parchevich St.)
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Tea House Sofia
ul. "P. Parchevich" 62 (entrance from ul. "Angel Kanchev"), Sofia
A loose-leaf tea shop on Parchevich Street with a list sorted by origin, from Japan to Bulgaria, and Saturday tastings of three teas for up to three people.
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Mon–Fri 11:00–19:00 · Sat 12:00–18:00
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A loose-leaf tea shop at ul. P. Parchevich 62, entrance from Angel Kanchev, with the list sorted by type and by origin, Bulgarian herbs included, and nearly everything in 50 g packs: English Breakfast at € 3.30, Assam at € 3.80, Sencha Yabukita at € 5.10, Dragon Well at € 5.35, Anxi Tie Guan Yin at € 7.65, Pai Mu Tan at € 6.10 and Wuyi Da Hong Pao at € 12.80. Tastings of three teas run on Saturday afternoons, by reservation.
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02Loose-leaf specialist
Veda House
Center (Gladstone St. / Hristo Botev Blvd.)
10 prices listed
Veda House
ul. Gladstone 2 (near the corner with bul. Hristo Botev), Sofia
A tea house and vegetarian restaurant on Gladstone Street, open every day until half past ten, with house-made ice cream and a long tea list to take home.
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Mon–Sun 10:30–22:30
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A tea house and vegetarian restaurant at ul. Gladstone 2, by Hristo Botev Boulevard, open every day until late, with piles of soft cushions, house-made ice cream and a tea list for home sold from 50 g: Chinese sencha at € 3.25, Assam and English Breakfast at € 3.60, Gunpowder at € 3.65, jasmine at € 4.40, Lung Ching at € 9.48, Pai Mu Tan at € 8.60 and milky oolong at € 10.30.
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Website: vedahouse.bg
03Loose-leaf specialist
Tea Topia
Sofia
11 prices listed
Tea Topia
A specialty tea shop with a tea house in Sofia and another in Plovdiv, strongest in Taiwanese oolong and Japanese green, with most teas sold from 10 g: Dong Ding at € 8, Alishan milk oolong and a dark-roast Tie Guan Yin at € 10, Kabuse Sencha at € 7, Silver Needle at € 10 and a Darjeeling second flush at € 3. It also runs booked workshops on Japanese tea.
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Website: teatopia.co.uk